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-ergic

  1. a combining form with the meanings “activated by,” “sensitive to,” “releasing,” “resembling the effect produced by” the substance or phenomenon specified by the initial element:

    dopaminergic.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of -ergic1

Apparently originally in adrenergic and cholinergic, probably on the model of allergic
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Example Sentences

The Serbian Ivan Ergic was once signed by Juventus but never played for them and later went on to suffer depression.

A psychologist would say that your group identification is low and your cyclothymia practically a minus quantity, while your ergic tension is pleasingly high.

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